Important 2025 Plex Updates
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We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

  • tane@lemm.eeBannedEnglish
    182·
    2 months ago

    All these comments mentioning jellyfish and I haven’t see a single mention of emby. Is it considered bad or something? Because I switched over to it and I am liking it a lot better than plex so far

    • bishbosh@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      2 months ago

      I believe emby went proprietary, and jellyfin is the fork that stayed open source. Naturally Lemmy prefers the FOSS one 😅

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Yup, that’s why I was on NextCloud, why I avoid MongoDB like the plague, and why I’m here on Lemmy (I justified Reddit because of their open API).

        So yeah, that tracks.

    • rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Emby subscription costs a lot even if you just want to use it on a home server. It can work without subscription but will display a warning before playback. Jellyfin is free.

      • tane@lemm.eeBannedEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yeah the warning is definitely annoying and especially the ten second counter on it pisses me off. But honestly I would much rather see an unskippable ad for the premium version of the program I am currently using and enjoying than an unskippable ad for literally anything else

        • rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          My problem with it, it’s like WinRAR trial. I know I will never subscribe. Developers know I will never subscribe. They lost me as a potential customer when they refused to revise their pricing model. I switched to Jellyfin and will not go back to Emby. Guess a lot of people did the same, so I can say it’s their own fault.

    • ISolox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I use Emby with the lifetime premier (their ‘premium’ version).

      Works great, but honestly I would just point people to Jellyfin unless Emby provides something specific you need. I just use it because it’s what I’ve had for years.

    • pory@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      If you’re leaving Plex because it’s subscribeware, Emby is also subscribeware.

    • turnip@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Its quite annoying how licensing is tied to devices. I can’t even sign in after reinstalling my OS.

      • tane@lemm.eeBannedEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Interesting. Thanks for the warning I’ll make note of this one

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      2 months ago

      I like Emby a lot. It’s my backup for Plex. I even give them money as development isn’t free (frequently)